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George Campbell Morgan (1863 - 1945). British Congregationalist preacher, author, and Bible scholar born in Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England. Converted at 10 under D.L. Moody’s preaching, he began teaching at 13, despite no formal theological training. Rejected by the Wesleyan Methodists for weak sermons, he pastored independently before leading Birmingham’s Westminster Road Church in 1886, growing it to 1,000 members. From 1904 to 1919, he pastored Westminster Chapel in London, and after a U.S. stint, returned from 1933 to 1943, mentoring Martyn Lloyd-Jones. Morgan authored over 60 books, including The Crises of the Christ (1903), and his 10-volume Westminster Pulpit series sold widely. A global lecturer, he taught at Moody Bible Institute and Gordon College, influencing millions. Married to Annie Morgan in 1888, they had seven children, four becoming pastors. His expository preaching, emphasizing biblical clarity, shaped 20th-century evangelicalism.
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G. Campbell Morgan emphasizes the believer's responsibility to respond to the progressive revelation of Christ through the Holy Spirit. As the Spirit unveils new aspects of Christ, it demands obedience from us, urging us to walk in the light we receive. Morgan illustrates that failing to respond leads to spiritual decline, while obedience transforms us into the likeness of Christ. He encourages believers to actively cooperate with the Spirit, recognizing that our duty is to answer the call of truth and allow the Spirit to work dynamically within us. Ultimately, our response to the light we receive shapes our witness to the world.
Our Responsibility
G. Campbell Morgan observes, "When once the Lord has been seen and crowned there is a progressive operation of the Spirit in the life of the believer. The Spirit reveals the Christ to you in some new aspect as you read His Word, as you meditate upon Him, and the moment you see Christ in some new glory, that vision makes a demand upon you. What are you going to do with it? Answer it, obey it, and the Spirit realizes in you the thing you have seen in Christ. . . . The Spirit is always unveiling Christ. Your responsibility and mine if we would cooperate with Him in witness is that we obey when He speaks. When Christ is seen in a new light, the light is calling you to obey its claim. Answer it and you will become the thing you have seen. Deny it and you will sink to lower levels. This is His method, line upon line, here a little and there a little, grace for grace, beauty for beauty. Man, you have never seen Christ, nor have I. I have seen something of Him, like a blind man walking to his first vision I have seen men as trees walking. I have seen more and more of the beauty of my Lord as the Spirit has unveiled Him, but I have never seen all the glory. I could not bear it yet. So little by little the Spirit patiently leads us on. Our responsibility is that when light comes we walk in it. When the trumpet call of truth sounds in our souls we must answer it. The Spirit's office--and He never fails--is to reveal Christ. Our duty is to answer the revelation, and when we do so, the Spirit becomes more than illumination, He becomes dynamic and makes us that which we obey. Soul of mine, answer the light. Obey the Spirit. Do not resist, do not grieve, do not quench the Spirit, and thou . . . shall be made like Him. . . . . . The Spirit witnessing in me, I become the instrument through which the Spirit witnesses to the world. Where? Anywhere. When? Everywhen. (The Westminster Pulpit, Vol. 2, pp. 278-280).
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George Campbell Morgan (1863 - 1945). British Congregationalist preacher, author, and Bible scholar born in Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England. Converted at 10 under D.L. Moody’s preaching, he began teaching at 13, despite no formal theological training. Rejected by the Wesleyan Methodists for weak sermons, he pastored independently before leading Birmingham’s Westminster Road Church in 1886, growing it to 1,000 members. From 1904 to 1919, he pastored Westminster Chapel in London, and after a U.S. stint, returned from 1933 to 1943, mentoring Martyn Lloyd-Jones. Morgan authored over 60 books, including The Crises of the Christ (1903), and his 10-volume Westminster Pulpit series sold widely. A global lecturer, he taught at Moody Bible Institute and Gordon College, influencing millions. Married to Annie Morgan in 1888, they had seven children, four becoming pastors. His expository preaching, emphasizing biblical clarity, shaped 20th-century evangelicalism.